Saturday, January 25, 2025

Limon City

From the port in Colon, Panama, we took a bus up the hill to Limon City. We had a boat ride on Gatun Lake which is where the fresh water for the Canal comes from. We were looking for birds and sloths. We didn't see any sloths but we did see 3 species of toucans. I didn't get a good look at them. The keel billed toucan has a song that sounds like "Rick. Rick. Rick."


Looks like a pineapple but our guide said it wasn't edible. This guide has a master's degree in agricultural business. He offers consulting services to coffee growers.

A bird nest hanging off a tree.

Osprey

A gray breasted martin. Another guy and I saw this bird and showed it to the guide.

We visited the Panama Canal visitor center. I watched a film and walked around for 20 minutes. I hoped to see monkeys but no luck today.

A bridge across the Panama canal in the distance.

 

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